Good news! I just heard on Newstalk 1130 AM in Milwaukee that Scott Walker would announce on Friday that WI would not implement the state exchange. I also heard that a group of GOP governors would do likewise and make a group announcement tomorrow!

Alabama’s governor, Robert Bentley, stated yesterday that he would not implement the exchange. He is a former physician. I was glad to hear this announcement yesterday and hope that more states will stand up to this horrendous legislation.

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posted on 11/15/2012 4:20:51 PM PST
by worrywart
(Living up to my freeper name today, big time - and will be for the next four years :()

Christie already vetoed the first attempt at this, earlier this year. I too am worried that he might cave upon reconsideration .... but I wonder. We are recovering from a devastating hurricane here. Putting aside for a moment the evilness of Obamacare, the simple truth is that New Jersey just cannot AFFORD to build an exchange following Hurricane Sandy. I hope Christie realizes that.

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posted on 11/15/2012 4:21:21 PM PST
by NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")

On the other hand, MY governor, Bob McDonnell, who is bleating that, oh, well, the people have spoken and we need to be flexible on raising taxes, sent a letter to Obama (along with Bobby Jindal) asking Dear Leader if they could pweeze have an extension on the deadline to figure out what they will do.

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posted on 11/15/2012 4:28:21 PM PST
by CatherineofAragon
(The idiocracy has come home to roost. God help us.)

If the Federal exchange, which is funded by the Feds, is not implemented, and the state exchange is not implemented, the mandate does not apply to employers and individuals. The Fed exchanges have no funding mechanism, and spending bills must originate in the House.
However, that being said, I’m sure that the courts will weigh in. Other cases against 0-care will also be heard. But, with a little luck, this horrible law could be tied up for years until 2016 (like real ID). Meanwhile, the stupid blue states will be busy screwing themselves over with more taxes and bloated budgets. Businesses will migrate to the states that do not implement 0-care, employers will not pay the penalty, and the red states will do comparatively well.

South Carolina should not and will not set up a state-based health care exchange.
- South Carolina governor Nikki Haley

Similarly for Louisiana according to Gov. Bobby Jindal, Alabama according to Governor Robert Bentley, and for Kansas, Alaska, and Missouri. I’m looking forward to Wisconsin officially joining that list tomorrow.

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posted on 11/15/2012 5:04:49 PM PST
by Pollster1
(Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)

Yes, we have an idiocracy, and idiotologues. Red states without 0-care and blue states with 0-care will create a huge contrast, even greater than right to work vs forced unionization. WE NEED polarization to prove to the idiocrats that our system works better than theirs!

Yes, we have an idiocracy, and idiotologues. Red states without 0-care and blue states with 0-care will create a huge contrast, even greater than right to work vs forced unionization. WE NEED polarization to prove to the idiocrats that our system works better than theirs!

That’s just what I was gonna say. In an article I read, Walker stated “”Why do I want to take on the potential risk to my taxpayers if I don’t really have any true authority about what’s going to happen?”

The biggest part of the Obamacare decision may end up being the part that said, by a 7-2 vote (including Obama's Justices), that the States could not be coerced into implementing the federal exchanges.

Only 16 States and D.C. have implemented the exchanges. Most States are not going to help the Liberal Messiah conquer the health care industry.

Tennessee’s GOP Governor Haslam is leaning towards creating a state exchange. He is not listening to his constituents pleas to not create them and do nothing. He will run for re-election in two years. We will remember.

I think it, also, will affect real estate sales depending the state you live in. Not sure many will want to set down roots in a state that already has that strike against it. Renting would be a better option. I certainly can see the USA state vs. the socialist state prospering.

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